title: Attitudes to children's pain: exploding the 'pain myth'.
abstract: Previous research has identified healthcare professionals' belief in myths about children's experience of pain as a cause of inadequate pain treatment. In this study, 47 doctors and 36 nurses involved in paediatric care completed a detailed questionnaire on 'pain myths'. The findings indicate a more informed awareness among healthcare professionals regarding childhood pain than previously suggested and that unconditional belief in 'pain myths' is not widespread.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pattison
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D002666:Psychology, Child